![]() ![]() This time when he asks “Dat?!” he smiles when I say “Pig”, satisfied with my answer. He is aware that there is a “big” one and a “little one”, but doesn’t match them together every time. When he chooses them from his shelves, he takes out each one from the basket and places them standing up. Quentin fell in love with them immediately. The guest must match the mother animals on the left to the baby animals on the right. Hand out the game sheets with pencils or pens, and start the clock. Print out one game sheet for each player. Although plastic and not a natural material, I feel their realism outweighs that aspect. A mommy cat has a baby kitten, what does a mommy goose have It’s a fun game that may get you stumped. We decided to return the tub and purchase some Scheilch animals instead. Polk Lillard and Lillard Jessen, Montessori from the Start You thereby help your child in turn look for beauty and logic in the world around him. You are sharing what is beautiful and meaningful to you in life. The Montessori pedagogy advocates for the use of real images (and real anything else) for children under the age of Cycle 2 (ages 6-9).īy showing care in the toys you choose for your child, you are showing him that he is important to you. “Pig” I would assure him, trying to convince him (and myself) that the thing he was seeing was a pig despite its complete lack of any realistic features. “Dat?!” He would demand, pulling a pig from the basket. At 15 months (13 corrected) he’s making the connection that every object everywhere has a name. YES! I use my last 30 minutes of the day (for social studies or science) to sneak in a little more intervention time.Since Quentin seems to be right at the beginning of a Sensitive Period for matching, I thought we would try some animals.Ī few months ago I had borrowed a “Farm Animal” tub from our local toy library. You can still complete these together as a class, OR you can have students complete the activities independent FOR… wait for….ĮXTRA INTERVENTION time for math and reading!! This is also a great time to do a life cycle cut and paste, my favorite for this unit is the Polar Bear Life cycle! For students who need a more challenge, they must write complete sentences. For struggling students, they simply draw and label. I like to have students compare a mother animal and a baby animal using an interactive journal (seen on the left). These are PERFECT for when students are ready to become a little more independent. Interactive Animal Mothers and Babies Journals You can easily differentiate this activity by having students draw, label or even write complete sentences. I love the freedom that it gives me as a teacher to lead the discussion where I need it to go, but I also love that it gives students an opportunity to get really creative. I love using prompts like the one you see on the left on the “Mothers and Babies” worksheet. This is a great opportunity to informally start comparing how young animals look like their parents (coloration, number of limbs and body structure). The best way to start this unit on Animal Mothers and Babies is to do a simple matching activity where you match a picture of the young animal with the mother animal. These activities are completed at the beginning of the unit when students are just starting to build their knowledge base, so these activities might seem easy, but remember, they are BUILDING their knowledge on the subject. We are then recording that new information on a simple recording sheet. This is where I introduce new vocabulary and I am “guiding” students through books or videos to find new information. ![]() Okay, “Guided Research” sounds like a super formal term… but what it really means is that these are the activities that we do together as a class and there is typically a right or wrong answer. Fantastic Retro Banners & Starbursts Bundle. Learning the Facts about Animal Mothers and Babies ![]()
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